Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

其根虽然衰老在地里，干也死在土中。

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So, DJ Face, why don't you just give us a little bit of the evolution of the laptop now being used in conjunction with, you know, the old wax, the old turntables?

NPR: Hi-Tech DJ's Trade Discs for Laptops

The new (ie, old) wax has proved a faithful model of the earth's surface, and the researchers have seen features other than faults that remind them of real plates.

ECONOMIST: Geophysics

Racers wax their boards with an old-fashioned preparation called "dope, " whose original recipe called for spermaceti--a fatty substance produced by sperm whales.

FORBES: Magazine Article